The Baby Borrowers: BBC Three
The Baby Borrowers
With the UK’s teenage pregnancy rate currently the highest in Europe, BBC Three launches its Coming Of Age Season with The Baby Borrowers, an ambitious social experiment filmed over the course of a month that takes teenage couples on a rollercoaster ride of adult responsibility and allows them to discover what it’s really like to be a parent.
Dynamic and compelling, the series, stripped over two weeks, gives five teenage couples a taste of adult life on fast-forward.
Aged between 16 and 19, the teens are thrown in at the deep end: given real houses and real responsibilities, the most important of which is to look after children from a range of age groups, from babies to teenagers.
Each young couple is set a series of tasks to perform to find out if they are ready for all that adult life brings – juggling everything from parenting and work to the household budget and their relationship.
Through tears and tantrums, the teen couples mimic the cliches of adult life. Viewers see whether they can cope with real babies and toddlers, whether they decide to stay together at the end of it all, and what they say to their own parents when they get home after the most memorable month of their lives so far.
The baby borrowers will air each night next week on BBC Three at 10.30pm
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January 4th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
[...] The BBC’s newest reality Tv show, The Baby Borrowers has been heavily criticised by child protection charity Kidscape as taking reality TV a step too far. [...]
January 13th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
I’m concerned that parents of such young children are willing to palm them off for three days! What parent with such a little one *wants* to let them go to an inexperienced couple of teens for three straight days without seeing them, not even at night! I’m sure it was all planned carefully, with safeguards in place but you wouldn’t catch me letting my kids go, and they wouldn’t go off with complete strangers anyway!
January 14th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
i would like to go on baby borrowers as me and my partener are wanting a child we are both 18 please can u get back to me
thank you.
January 15th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
The Baby Borrowers is Wew Kool!! =D I Think Its Gewd For Teens To Learn Out About Each Uthir *&& Aht … How Nice Is Alex!? Uh!
January 16th, 2007 at 12:38 am
This series needs to be encapsulated, boiled down, made into a fast moving 90 minute DVD, and issued to every teen in the UK education system. Probably sponsored by Durex.
December 9th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
hi guys/fans of baby borrowers.
not sure exactly who’s interested but there will be a second series of baby borrowers which will air in january of 2008.
I am one of the guys who participated in the new series. if you have any questions or comments then please feel free to cantact me.
thanx
x_x
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:43 pm
hey my soon 2 b fanz,lol……i particated in d show it was well good if u wana no anything jus let me no….take carexxxx
January 19th, 2008 at 1:19 am
hi, was wondering 2 those who participatd how did u?! looking 4 links etc but cant find any. wuld reali appreciate any help ie how to be involvd. thanx x
January 19th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
hi i would love to go on baby borrowers because me and my boyfriend are both 17 and wants a baby i just want to exsperiance it all be cause people tell me that its hard but i dont think it is but i wont know for sure unless i see for myself so is it ok if you tell me how you apply for it please thanks x
January 20th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I’m addicted to this show…
Been having to watch the repeats at stupid o’clock because I can’t miss it.
January 20th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
please can you tell me the name of the beach were the couples were staying if possible thank you i would love to take my children there
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:12 pm
hello me and my partner are both 16 and i am mad about babys i would lke to see how i would cope looking after a baby over a couple of nights and how it would change my mind as you get the older children through the series please can you tell me when it will be next on
please get back to me about going on the next show
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:46 am
zendeca i rate u so much
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
HI I WOUNDERD HOW TO APPLY FOR THE NEXT SERIES OF THE BABY BORROWERS AS I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON THE NEXT SHOW THANKS BYE
January 24th, 2008 at 2:27 am
I’ve been really enjoying watching the show and think it’s a brilliant idea. Myself and my boyfriend have been together for 2 years and have talked about what the future would entail if we were to marry/have kids so would be really interested in going on the show. Any information on how to apply would be really appreciated!?
Thanks.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:44 am
Zen I rate you SO much.. You handled the infedelity situation with so much pride. You didnt scream. You didnt shout. Swear. Etc… You behaved SO grown up. You should be proud of yourself as I don’t know you but am proud of you.
Richie.
January 25th, 2008 at 3:29 am
where is the baby borrowers filmed? id like to go there
January 25th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
hey i watched everyone single baby borrowers this series and i think it is great n everyone done so well and i dnt no if i wuld be able to do wat u guys did. i would love to go onto baby borrowers been with my before 3 years now and we would like to move in together and start a family and want to see wat it would be like with children to. ju?t wondering how we would be able to try and get on the show zoe
January 25th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
hey i watched everyone single baby borrowers this series and i think it is great n everyone done so well and i dnt no if i wuld be able to do wat u guys did. i would love to go onto baby borrowers been with my before 3 years now and we would like to move in together and start a family and want to see wat it would be like with children to. ju?t wondering how we would be able to try and get on the show. zoe
January 30th, 2008 at 12:04 am
I love watching the baby borrowers and think it is a really good way of getting young people to understand the responsabilitys of caring for outhers! i have been with my partner for 3 years and have been thinking about planning a family! as we are still young only 17&18 i think it would be a good idea to see if we can get on in the show! could you please give me some info on how to apply for the next series! MANY THANKS Gina & Ash XxX
February 16th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
The beach is TOLCARNE beach in Newquay Cornwall. We’ve stayed there and it is wonderful - right on the beach. I think their website is tolcarnebeach.co.uk or thru the Newquay tourist office. Enjoy!
May 13th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
i would like to be on baby borrowers
how do you apply?
June 18th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Hey, I am 17, and my boyfriend is 16. I really want a baby, but he is not sure if he is ready. I would love to get on the show to see if we could handle the stress of being parents.
June 18th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
I think the show is a great social experiment and I am for it, but I don’t know if I would give my kid away for a few days.
July 11th, 2008 at 12:16 am
My boyfriend and I have been keeping up with all the episodes of the baby borrowers. We think the show is a great way to see how we would stand as parents. We want kids very soon and we are going to move in together asap. I was hoping someone could tell me how we could apply to be on the next season of the show. Thanks!
July 17th, 2008 at 1:45 am
me and my boyfriend are thinking about have a kid but we would like to see wat it will really take to take care of a baby.we are 18-19 and would like this chance.please get back to me.thank you.
July 31st, 2008 at 9:20 pm
i would love to be on this show me and my boyfriend have talked about having children of our own but want to be sure before we take that step! please get back to me.
August 1st, 2008 at 6:41 am
Hey I’m Ashley…. my relationship with my boyfriend is alot like Daton and Morgan’s relationship. We’re always on and off. Recently we’re back together and I wanted to apply to be on the show because I’ll know that if we can just make it through that experience, then we might just have a future together. Please send me an application. Thanks!
August 16th, 2008 at 2:22 am
Sarah… The people who have their children on the show obviously want these young people to learn that having a babie is hard work they dont palm the off, they are there if babie needs them they just stand back and see how the couples handle it, I had my son at 17 and he is now 3 and I would have no hesitations of letting him be on a show like this to teach young couples that having a child is not a walk in the park!!!